betwys1 wrote:
On 1/28/2010 10:16 PM, Charlie Carothers wrote:
John W wrote:
Hi,

A small update. I bought the MC145106, gave it to my friend and he is
chuffed to bits.

Thanks again,

73
JOHN
M5AML
www.wells10000.plus.com/m5aml


OK, I just gotta ask. (I sort of collect English idiomatic expressions.)
I looked up chuffed on Dictionary.com and it says:
"Adjective British Informal: annoyed; displeased; disgruntled." It is
also listed as describing the sound of a train, etc.
My obvious question is, if he wanted one, and you bought and gave him
one, why is he "chuffed to bits"?
Or is there some more recent/other definition I don't know about?
EMWTK/IMWTK (Another English/English translation issue I think of
enquiring vs. inquiring.)
Thanks,
Charlie Carothers

Chuffed = pleased, gruntled, thrilled.

Brian W

My word!!! This exchange evidently occurred 6 months ago! I do recall
overlooking the pertinent definition of chuffed on Dictionary.com. Oh
the mysteries of the internet.

On the other hand, seems like stuff like this started happening once
before and things eventually degraded to the point where I finally had
to reinstall windoze to get everything settled down again...

Later,
Charlie C.
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